metriopatheo describes the ability to treat ignorant and straying people with measured gentleness amid shared weakness.

The sole attested use describes being able to respond gently to people who are ignorant and going astray, in the setting of personal weakness.

1. Gentle treatment amid shared weakness · dominant

   In Hebrews 5:2, the present active infinitive occurs with the ability to address those who are ignorant and going astray; the APB renders the clause "He is able to deal gently with those who are ignorant and going astray," and links this response to being subject to weakness.

   Hebrews 5:2

In the Anselm Project Bible: In Hebrews 5:2, the APB presents the clause as "deal gently" toward those who are ignorant and going astray. That wording is treated as the verse's presentation rather than a precise lexical equivalence.